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語源

From key +‎ board.

発音

• (米国発音, Canada) enPR: kē'bôrd, IPA: /ˈki.bɔɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkiːbɔːd/
• (Standard Southern British, Australia) IPA: /ˈkɪjboːd/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈkiboɾd/, [ˈkiboːɾd]

名詞

keyboard (plural keyboards)

1. (computing, computer hardware) A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc.
2. (music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
3. (music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

   Synonyms: electronic keyboard, synthesizer

派生語

関連する語

• key
• keypad
• keys

動詞

keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)

1. (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.

   Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.

   • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 16:

     The earliest hardcore hackers would not stumble in to their predawn keyboarding for another two hours.